President Obama and the Real State of the Union
By: Bill O'ReillyJanuary 19, 2015
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As you may know, the president gives his annual State of the Union address tomorrow and is expected to ask for higher taxes on businesses and the affluent.

He also may ask Republicans and some Democrats to back off on Iran, which is evolving into a very dangerous situation.

A new poll by ABC News says that the president's job approval rating is improving, but a poll by Fox News disagrees.

Talking Points believes the president's approval rating is going up a bit due to the perception of an improving economy and lower gas prices.

Now Mr. Obama well knows that Republicans will not accept a tax hike, believing it would be bad for the economy.

But the president doesn't care.  He continues to play Robin Hood, taking from the rich and appropriating that money to the poor and working class.

With no hope of getting more tax increases, Barack Obama is simply setting up Hillary Clinton's run for the presidency in 2016.

The president is wrong on the tax issue -- his income re-distribution policies have stifled the economy.  He needs to just stop.  Finally the situation is improving slightly.  Please don't muck it up with social justice stuff.

With about 35% of American homes getting some kind of government welfare apart from Social Security and Medicare, critical mass has been reached.

A culture of dependency is making America weaker, no question.

But again, Mr. Obama doesn't really care.  He wants the symbolic kudos for looking out for the folks.

Now on the Iran front, the president is correct 

Republicans and some Democrats want to re-impose economic sanctions against Iran.

They would be dormant until June 30 and kick in if Iran doesn't make a nuke-weapons deal.

Sounds okay, right?

But it's not necessary and might give Iran a bad-faith argument.  The Mullahs could say they do not respond to threats.

If America has to take drastic action against Iran, the world must know we did everything we could to be reasonable with these people.

Giving the Iranians an excuse to walk away from the nuclear negotiations now is not a smart move.

Let it play out.

If a nuke deal does not get done, drastic sanctions are back big time.  Everybody knows that.  No need to poke the Mullahs as satisfying as that may be.

Again the world must know that America is the reasonable country here.  That is very important.

The State of the Union address is and always has been an evening of propaganda.

The truth is the president's economic policies have not worked.  America's stature overseas has fallen and there is no effective plan to counter the jihad.

That's the state of the union, the Talking Points edition.

And that's the memo.